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Old Apr 4, 2026 | 11:15 PM
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What do you guys like to use for draining and refilling your differential? I used a turkey baster with some clear 1/4" tubing. It was super slow and messy.

I tried refilling with 1/4" tubing and shoving the bottle above my exhaust pipes. But it took forever. Just easier to pour straight out the bottle.
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I use a large syringe. And for filling I use an old dish soap bottle with a short hose attached. But not so short that if it became unattached from the bottle it could be lost inside.
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Old Apr 5, 2026 | 01:32 AM
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You drill and tap for a drain plug. You can see where whomever installed mine ages ago did it.

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What do you guys like to use for draining and refilling your differential? I used a turkey baster with some clear 1/4" tubing. It was super slow and messy.

I tried refilling with 1/4" tubing and shoving the bottle above my exhaust pipes. But it took forever. Just easier to pour straight out the bottle.
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Purchased this one from Amazon and it worked well for removing old diff fluid and filling both diff and trans, I wouldn't call it fast but it did work well.



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I use this:


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I've used a regular fluid suction gun to pull out the old and usually just use the squeeze bottles the oil comes in to put it back in. I suppose you could use the same suction gun if you cleaned it or get two of them: a dedicated pull and a dedicated push. This holds a large amount of fluid, so it would be pretty quick.


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There is a hand pump that screws on to a 1 Gal. container. No mess. Comes with a 18" clear plastic hose. The hose has a clip on the end of it to keep it from falling out of the Diff. hole.
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